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PathIsDirectoryEmpty

Determines whether or not a specified path is an empty directory.

VB4-32,5,6
Declare Function PathIsDirectoryEmpty Lib "shlwapi.dll" Alias "PathIsDirectoryEmptyA" (ByVal pszPath As String) As Long

VB.NET
System.IO.Directory.GetFileSystemEntries.Length = 0

Operating Systems Supported
Requires Windows 2000 (or Windows NT 4.0 with Internet Explorer 4.0 or later); Requires Windows 98 (or Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 4.0 or later)

Library
Shlwapi

Parameter Information
- pszPath
[in] NULL-terminated string with the path to be tested.

Return Values
Returns TRUE if pszPath is an empty directory. Returns FALSE if pszPath is not a directory, or if it contains at least one file other than "." or "..".

Last update: 07 April 2006